MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 27, 2004

Execution
Scheduled for John Glenn Roe

(Columbus)--- The Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and Correction has confirmed that inmate John Glenn Roe is
scheduled for execution on Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. at the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The Ohio Revised Code
mandates the manner of execution to be lethal injection.

Inmate Roe was convicted and
sentenced to death out of Franklin County for the 1984 aggravated murder of
Donette R. Crawford.

Background Information

Name:

John Glenn Roe

Race:

Caucasian

Date of Birth:

4/4/62

Offenses:

Aggravated Murder,
Aggravated Robbery, Kidnapping

Sentence:

Death

10-25 years

County of Commitment:

Franklin

This press advisory is being
distributed in compliance with the DRC execution policy.

For further information,
please contact the DRC Public Information Office (614) 752-1150.